The Philadelphia Charter School for Arts and Sciences Calendar 2025-2026
The The Philadelphia Charter School for Arts and Sciences calendar for the 2025-2026 school year provides all the necessary dates for students, parents, and staff. The calendar includes important information such as employee planning days, school holidays, and recess periods. Here's a detailed overview to help you plan your academic year.
Key Dates
- School Year (Students): September 3, 2025 – June 9, 2026
- Quarter 1: September 3, 2025 – October 31, 2025
- Quarter 2: November 5, 2025 – January 23, 2026
- Winter Break: December 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026
- Quarter 3: January 26, 2026 – April 10, 2026
- Spring Break: March 30, 2026 – April 6, 2026
- Quarter 4: April 14, 2026 – June 11, 2026
- PSSA Testing Window: April 21, 2026 – May 1, 2026
- 8th Grade Graduation: June 10, 2026
Note: This calendar page is created based on information from the official website The Philadelphia Charter School for Arts and Sciences
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The Philadelphia Charter School for Arts and Sciences Calendar 2025-2026
August 2025
- August 25–28 – Staff Only - Professional Development
September 2025
- September 1 – Labor Day - School Closed
- September 2 – Staff Only - Professional Development
- September 3 – Quarter 1 Begins
- September 8 – First Day of School (Kindergarten)
- September 17 – Back to School Night (K-8)
- September 23 – Rosh Hashanah - School Closed
October 2025
- October 2 – Yom Kippur - School Closed
- October 13 – Indigenous Peoples Day - School Closed
- October 31 – Quarter 1 Ends
November 2025
- November 3 – Staff Only - Professional Development
- November 4 – Election Day - No School
- November 5 – Quarter 2 Begins
- November 11 – Veterans Day - School Closed
- November 25 – Noon Dismissal - Report Card Conferences (Afternoon/Evening)
- November 26 – Noon Dismissal - Staff and Students
- November 27–28 – Thanksgiving Break - School Closed
December 2025
- December 22–31 – Winter Break - School Closed
January 2026
- January 1–2 – Winter Break - School Closed (continued)
- January 5 – Staff Only - Professional Development
- January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day - School Closed
- January 23 – Quarter 2 Ends
- January 26 – Quarter 3 Begins
February 2026
- February 13 – President's Day Weekend - School Closed
- February 16 – President's Day Weekend - School Closed
- February 17 – Lunar New Year / Staff Only - Professional Development
March 2026
- March 13 – Staff Only - Professional Development
- March 20 – Eid Al-Fitr - School Closed
- March 30–April 6 – Spring Break - School Closed
April 2026
- April 10 – Quarter 3 Ends
- April 13 – Staff Only - Professional Development
- April 14 – Quarter 4 Begins
- April 20 – Noon Dismissal - Report Card Conferences (1pm-4pm; Evening 5pm-7pm)
- April 21 – Noon Dismissal - Report Card Conferences
- April 21 – PSSA ELA Begins
- April 24 – PSSA ELA Ends
- April 24 – PSSA ELA Makeups
- April 27 – PSSA Math Begins
- April 28 – PSSA Math Ends
- April 29 – PSSA Science
- April 30 – PSSA Math/Science Makeups
May 2026
- May 1 – PSSA Math/Science Makeups
- May 22 – Memorial Day Weekend - School Closed
- May 25 – Memorial Day - School Closed
- May 27 – Eid-al Adha - School Closed
June 2026
- June 3 – Quarter 4 Ends (Kindergarten)
- June 5 – Kindergarten Move Up Day
- June 5 – Quarter 4 Ends (8th Grade)
- June 9 – Last Day for Students (Grades 1-8)
- June 10 – 8th Grade Graduation
- June 11 – Staff Only - Professional Development
- June 11 – Quarter 4 Ends (Grades 1-7)
- June 12 – Staff Only - Professional Development
- June 15–18 – School Offices Open
- June 19 – Juneteenth - Building Closed
- June 22–30 – School Offices Open
August 2026
- August 31–September 3 – Staff Only - Professional Development
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Grades 1-8 begin on 2025-09-03; Kindergarten begins on 2025-09-08.
The last day for students in Grades 1-8 is 2026-06-09 (note: Kindergarten and some grade-specific quarter end dates differ).
Upcoming early-release/noon dismissal dates include 2025-11-25, 2025-11-26, and 2026-04-20 (check calendar for additional early-release dates).
Spring Break runs from 2026-03-30 through 2026-04-06 (school closed).
No — Veterans Day is listed as a school-closed day on 2025-11-11.
Winter Break runs from 2025-12-22 through 2026-01-02 (school closed).
PSSA testing windows run from 2026-04-21 (PSSA ELA begins) through 2026-05-01 (final makeups). Specific subjects/dates: ELA 2026-04-21 to 2026-04-24; Math 2026-04-27 to 2026-04-28; Science 2026-04-29.
8th Grade Graduation is scheduled for 2026-06-10 at 1:00 PM.
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